Safety-catch for breastpins, &amp;c.



G. FERRUGGIARI. SAFETY GATGH FOR BRBASTPINS, 6w. APPLICATION FILED MAY31 '1911.

1,003,725. Patented Sept. 19,1911.

6927/ aragg/bwl CESAR FERRUGGIARI, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

SAFETY-CATCH FOR BREASTPINS, &0.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 31, 1911.

Patented Sept. 1.9, 1911. Serial No. 630,528.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cnsan Flmmioomnr,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort WVorth, in the countyof Tarrant and 5 State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Safety-Catches for Breastpins, Brooches, and SimilarArticles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to safety catches or guards for breastpins,brooches, and similar articles of jewelry, and the object is to providea simple and inexpensive safe catch or guard for the pin tongues ofbreastpins, brooches, and other articles and which can be quickly andeasily attached and detached manually but which will not be detached ordisarranged by ordinary usage.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the followingdescription and the invention will be more particularly pointed out inthe claim.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of thisapplication and specification.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a breastpin, showing the preferred form of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an interiorelevation of the yielding catch. Fig. 4 is an interior elevation of theguard. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the catch and guard, showing thelocation of the spring. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the spring before it isformed. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a breastpin, showing a variation of theinvention. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 9 is an interiorelevation of the guard. Fig. 10 is an interior elevation of the catch.Fig. 11 is a vertical section of the catch and. guard, showing thelocation of the spring. Fig. 12 is a horizontal section, taken on theline m-m of Fig. 11.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same partsthroughout the several views.

Two forms of my invention are shown in the drawings.

The breastpin 1 is provided with the usual pin tongue 2 and pivotalconnection 3. A guard 1 is soldered to or otherwise made rigid with thepin 1 and a catch 5 is yieldingly connected with the guard 41. The

guard 4 has jaws 6 and the catch 5 has a tongue 7 which is receivedbetween the aws 6 and is operatively connected with said jaws by a pivotpin 8 which runs through both jaws and through the tongue 7. The catch 5is held in its normal position by a spring 9 which is located partlybetween the jaws (S, and about a portion of the tongue 7. A slot 10 ismade in the guard 4 for the spring 9 and the spring 9 has a T-base 11which rests on the pin 1 and against the jaws 6 by which the spring isheld against displacement. The spring 9 has a reduced portion 12 whichprojects through the catch 5 and forms a releasing lever, and theshoulders 13 prevent the spring from projecting too far through thecatch and thus hold the spring in place. The function of the spring isto hold the catch 5 in closed or normal position and thus prevent theremoval of the pin tongue 2 when in use. The catch will yield to allowthe pin tongue 2 to be pressed down under the catch. The pin tongue canbe released by pressing on the lever 12 and lifting the-tongue out.

The variations aro'shown in Figs. 7 to 12 inclusive. The pin 14: has theusual pin tongue 2 and pivotal connection 3. The catch 15 has two jaws16 and the guard 17 has two jaws 1,8 which are received between the jaws16 of the catch and the catch 15 is pivotally connected with the guard17 which is soldered or otherwise rigidly attached to the pin let. Thecatch 15 is connected to the guard 17 by a pivot pin 19. A coil spring20 holds the catch 15 normally closed. This spring 20 is coiled aboutthe pivot pin 19 with one end resting against the pin 14 and the otherend projecting through a hole 21 in the catch 15 and forming a releasinglever. In operation the tongue is pressed down against the guard 17 andthe catch 15. The catch will yield by reason of the spring 20 and allowthe tongue to pass below the catch. The tongue is released by pressingon the release lover or spring 20, which operation will bring the catch15 to the position of the dotted outline in Fig. 11. The pin tongue canthen be lifted out of the catch.

The safety catches herein described are applicable to various styles ofbreastpins or brooches and the catches are easily and quickly attachedbecause the catches will yield and let the pin tongues fall under thecatches.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,-

A breast pin having a safety catch comject-ing through said catch toform a releas- 10 ing lever.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand in the presence of two witnesses,this 16th day of May, 1911.

CESAR FERRUGGIARI. Witnesses A. L. JAoKsoN, L. T. KNIGHT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

